USPTO Patents Application 09870801

{ion No.: 09/870,801
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OCT 2 .9 2004
Group Art Unit: 2132 Technology Center 2100
Examiner: DARROW, Justin T.
Confirmation No.: 9392

In re Application of
Karl L. GINTER et al.
Application No.: 09/870,801
Filed: June 1,2001

For: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR
SECURE TRANSACTION
MANAGEMENT AND
ELECTRONIC RIGHTS
PROTECTION

Commissioner for Patents

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Sir:

FINAL NOTICE REGARDING RELATED LITIGATION

Applicants submit this Final Updated Notice to inform the Examiner of the status
of the litigation between InterTrust and Microsoft, captioned InterTrust Technology Corp.
v. Microsoft Corp. (C 01-1640 SBA, N. D. Ca.), in fulfillment of their duty to disclose
information potentially material to patentability under 37 CFR §§1.56 and 1.97.

Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 1 .56 and 1 .97(c), Applicants submit this paper to bring
to the attention of the Examiner the information herein. This paper is being filed after
the events recited in Section 1 .97(b) but, to the undersigned's knowledge, before the

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Application No.: 09/870,801 - PATENT

Final Notice of Related Litigation Customer No. 22,852

Attorney Docket No. 7451.0001-18
Intertrust Ref. No. IT-5.2.1.1 US

mailing date of either a Final action, Quayle action, or a Notice of Allowance. Under the
provisions of 37 C.F.R. § 1.97(c), the Director is authorized to charge the fee of
$180,000 as specified by Section 1.17(p) to our Deposit Account No. 06-0916.

This paper is entitled "Final Notice" because this litigation has been dismissed
with prejudice following settlement of the dispute. The present application, Application
No. 09/870,801, is a continuation of U.S. Application No. 09/342,899, which is a
continuation of U.S. Application No. 08/780,545, which issued as U.S. Patent No.
5,917,912 (one of the patents asserted in the litigation 1 ). These applications may also
be related to patents in suit by 1) incorporating by reference of being incorporated by
reference in the patents in suit and/or applications leading to the patents in suit; 2)
containing statements that their subject matter may bear relation to the patents in suit
and/or applications leading to the patents in suit; and/or 3) claiming the benefit of priority
of common applications.

STATUS OF RELATED LITIGATION

The final status of the litigation is as follows. On February 23, 2004, Microsoft
filed a Notice of Motion and Memorandum in Support of Motion for Partial Summary
Judgment of Invalidity of the Asserted Claims of the '900 Patent (Anticipation). See Tab
1.

1 The following is a list of all patents asserted: 6,389,402, 6,253,193, 6,185,683,
6,157,721, 6112,181, 5,982,891, 5,949,876, 5,940,504, 5,920,861 , 5,917,912,
5,915,019, and 5,892,900.

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